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2008 SESSION

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HB 1259 Environmental impact reports; requires county, city, or town to submit report on highway projects.

Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Environmental impact reports; highway projects. Requires an environmental impact report in connection with a local highway construction, reconstruction, or improvement project only when such a project is estimated to cost more than $1 million. The current threshold amount requiring such a report is $100,000.  This bill incorporates HB 1083 (Delegate Suit). This bill is identical to SB 43 (Senator Miller, Y.B.).

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083818664  pdf
• 01/23/08  House: Committee substitute printed 083974664-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/15/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1259ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/08  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1259ER2)  pdf
• 03/04/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/09/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083818664
• 01/09/08  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/23/08  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/08  House: Committee substitute printed 083974664-H1
• 01/24/08  House: Read first time
• 01/25/08  House: Read second time
• 01/25/08  House: Committee substitute agreed to 083974664-H1
• 01/25/08  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1259H1
• 01/28/08  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/08  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/29/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/29/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/11/08  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/08  Senate: Read third time
• 02/13/08  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/08  House: Enrolled
• 02/15/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1259ER)
• 02/15/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/15/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/25/08  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 02/25/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/26/08  House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (78-Y 18-N)
• 02/26/08  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (78-Y 18-N)
• 02/28/08  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (33-Y 7-N)
• 02/28/08  Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
• 02/28/08  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (33-Y 7-N)
• 02/28/08  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 02/28/08  House: Reenrolled
• 02/28/08  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1259ER2)
• 02/28/08  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 02/28/08  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 02/28/08  House: Enacted, Chapter 45 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/04/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)